Abstract

Background

The World Health Organisation (WHO) updates the model list of essential medicines (MLEM) every 2 years. The list reflects the medicines that every healthcare system should have as a minimal requirement. On a global scale, elderly patients with chronic diseases are prioritised by healthcare systems, requiring a complex and multidisciplinary approach. Explicit criteria guides have been produced to adapt prescriptions to elderly patients, detecting potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) and potential prescribing omissions (PPO).

Purpose

To evaluate the adequacy of the WHO MLEM with Beers, Priscus and Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions-Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Prescriptions (STOPP-START) criteria.